Example sentences of "[pers pn] were at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who 'd have believed , I were at other night right ? |
| 2 | He always swore that when he was going over the Baloch that 's the the road between Glen Ayloch and Kil and Glen Shee , he said i if you were at certain hour of the night he said as sure as anything there was a man on horseback pass you with this horse . |
| 3 | And in which town an er were living when you were at primary school ? |
| 4 | Now then , which town er , were you living when you were at secondary school ? |
| 5 | It 's a problem that shows no sign of disappearing — while we were at Long Lartin there was another skirmish which left two prisoners seriosuly injured . |
| 6 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 7 | 1pm The Commissioners told us we were at perfect liberty to go on shore when we pleased . ’ |
| 8 | Well although it was so near , it was really a mining district and ninety percent of the boys We were at separate schools by the way , the ground floors were boys , from the age of seven upwards , till fourteen . |
| 9 | We were at different schools ; Andy was a boarder at an all-boys school in Edinburgh and came back only at weekends . |
| 10 | P. E. When we were at Old Swan and had to go to Fairfield , we used to pass the end of one of the little streets there . |
| 11 | ‘ Famous research on American longshoremen , who worked 14 hours a day loading ships , and who smoked and drank as well as sweating their guts out , showed they were at low risk from cardiac problems and that severe exercise can protect against heart disease . |
| 12 | It is now clear that there are very few towns which just grew because they were at suitable locations . |
| 13 | In civil defence terms the Scud attacks , directed as they were at civilian populations , posed a dilemma for the Israeli authorities as it was not known in advance whether the missiles would carry conventional or chemical warheads . |
| 14 | He would often hold her hand when they were at large gatherings : it was , one friend wrote , " very touching " . |